{"id":674746,"date":"2026-03-23T16:13:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T16:13:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/674746\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T16:13:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T16:13:17","slug":"nba-rescinds-lakers-star-luka-doncics-16th-tech-ahead-of-mondays-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/674746\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Rescinds Lakers Star Luka Doncic\u2019s 16th Tech Ahead of Monday\u2019s Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img alt=\"Los Angeles Lakers guard Luka Doncic (77) moves the ball past Orlando Magic forward Jamal Cain (8) in the second quarter at Kia Center.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/6a2be99fcab401f7df4c01ddc4a1f985.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles Lakers guard Luka Doncic (77) moves the ball past Orlando Magic forward Jamal Cain (8) in the second quarter at Kia Center.<\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles Lakers superstar Luka Doncic will be available to play against the Detroit Pistons on Monday night after the NBA rescinded his 16th technical foul of the season.<\/p>\n<p>He was initially facing a one-game suspension after receiving his 16th technical foul in Saturday night\u2019s game against the Orlando Magic. Doncic and Magic center Goga Bitadze were dealt a double technical in the third quarter after the pair exchanged words while Doncic was shooting a free throw, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.in\/nba\/story\/_\/id\/48281598\/luka-doncic-avoids-suspension-16th-tech-rescinded\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:according to ESPN;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;according to ESPN&quot;}\" class=\"link \">according to ESPN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Los Angeles Lakers guard Luka Doncic (77) moves the ball past Orlando Magic forward Jamal Cain (8) in the second quarter at Kia Center.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"373\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/08c09caa97a605ecf62924b0bdee123b.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles Lakers guard Luka Doncic (77) moves the ball past Orlando Magic forward Jamal Cain (8) in the second quarter at Kia Center.<\/p>\n<p>What Was Said During the Interaction Between Doncic and Bitadze?<\/p>\n<p>After the game, Doncic told reporters Bitadze made an inappropriate comment regarding his family. Doncic recently <a href=\"https:\/\/lasportsreport.com\/lakers\/251342\/lakers-luka-doncic-ends-engagement-with-fiancee\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:separated from his former fianc\u00e9e;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;separated from his former fianc\u00e9e&quot;}\" class=\"link \">separated from his former fianc\u00e9e<\/a>, Anamaria Goltes, and is currently in a custody battle for his two daughters.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Goga Bitadze] said he would f**k my whole family\u2026 at some point, I just can\u2019t stand that. I got to stand up for myself,\u201d Doncic said.<\/p>\n<p>Bitadze told reporters Doncic also made inappropriate comments in the Serbian language toward him during the game. Bitadze, who played in Serbia for multiple years of his career and is fluent in Serbian, said he told Doncic the same comments back.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have all the respect for Luka and what he has done. And I really respect everybody\u2019s family. Where I come from, it\u2019s really sacred and we really respect each other\u2019s families and I would never directly say that,\u201d Bitadze said, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/therealBeede\/status\/2035559547239035301?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:per ESPN;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;per ESPN&quot;}\" class=\"link \">per ESPN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe just said some inappropriate things in the Serbian language, which, I played in Serbia. I understand, I don\u2019t know if he knew I understood what he said. So I just said it back. And it was nothing towards his family or anybody. His family, I really, truly respect them and that\u2019s pretty much it,\u201d Bitadze added.<\/p>\n<p>The NBA also rescinded the technical foul for Bitadze.<\/p>\n<p>Photo Credit: Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Los Angeles Lakers guard Luka Doncic (77) moves the ball past Orlando Magic forward Jamal Cain (8) in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":674747,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3],"tags":[7,188,875,10666,150,368,34797,6,76,2230],"class_list":{"0":"post-674746","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-detroit-pistons","10":"tag-goga-bitadze","11":"tag-jamal-cain","12":"tag-los-angeles-lakers","13":"tag-luka-doncic","14":"tag-nathan-ray","15":"tag-nba","16":"tag-orlando-magic","17":"tag-technical-foul"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/674746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=674746"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/674746\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/674747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=674746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=674746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=674746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}